JEWS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY EGYPT

New York, New York University Press, 969. Hardcover, 8vo, xvi, 354 pages, illustrations, facsims. , portraits, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Descriptor: Jews -- Egypt -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Juifs -- Egypte -- Histoire -- Sources. Joden. Revised and enlarged translation of ha-Yehudim be-Mitsrayim ba-me'ah ha-tesha'-‘esreh. "Documents": pages 127-334. Bibliography: pages 335-340. Landau (1924-) is a "professor emeritus of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in the political history of the modern Middle East and Central Asia. Landau was born in Kishinev. He was president of the Israel Association of Political Science (1985-87) and was elected honorary fellow of the Israel Oriental Society and the Turkish Academy of History. In 1993-98 he was the editor of Ha-Mizrah he-hadash, the annual of the Israel Oriental Society. Landau is well known in Orientalist circles, having taught at universities in the U. S. , the U. K. , France, Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, and Turkey. He received various medals and distinctions, including the Israel Prize for scholarship (in Oriental studies) in 2005" (Berenbaum and Skolnik in EJ 2007) . Name plate half removed from inside cover. Bumped corners. Light discoloration to cover. Wear to binding. Very good condition. (Sef-30-6).